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vasyam
Oct 10, 2020Tutor
Deleting Redundant Time Machine Backup v2
Hello, After recovering failed btrfs due to a hard reset (many thanks again to StephenB!) I ran into issues with TimeMachine backups. I am looking to remove the old backups (this was very helpful ht...
StephenB
Nov 15, 2020Guru - Experienced User
vasyam wrote:
Since I have an old system, I suppose reinstalling the OS is not as straightforward as booting in this mode. TIA
Reinstalling the OS won't solve your problem (which is file system corruption on the data volume).
vasyam wrote:
Hi, I have made a backup and then tried to repair the FS, here is what I am getting:
Would appreciate a suggestion on what to do next as the repair seems to have failed.
I think doing a factory default, and restoring files from backup is the next step (giving up on restoring the TM files).
vasyam
Nov 15, 2020Tutor
Got it, thank you, will try to do that - from the boot menu I suppose. How do I reboot from here though? I am still in the repair mode I guess
root@1YA293RR00327:/# reboot
Running in chroot, ignoring request.
root@1YA293RR00327:/# shutdown -r now
Running in chroot, ignoring request.
root@1YA293RR00327:/#
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